U.S. Military Installations - Data Dictionary
Abstract: The United States Military Installations database contains the boundaries and location information for important military installations in the United States and Puerto Rico. The database includes records for 405 military installations.
Purpose: To provide graphic representation, location and attribute data for analysis, modeling and simulation, and studies. CLOSURE, REALIGN, and BRAC columns are from the office of Economic Adjustment and OSD websites at http://www.oea.gov, https://www.denix.osd.mil.
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FID |
Internal feature number. |
Long Integer representing an object identifier |
| 1 |
Shape |
Feature geometry. |
Geometry |
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FAC_NAME |
The name of the military installation. |
Character String |
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ST_NAME |
The state or U.S. territory in which the military installation is located. |
Character String |
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ST_ABBR |
The abbreviation for the state or U.S. Territory in which the military facility is located. This is the two-letter official postal abbreviation. |
Character String |
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FAC_TYPE |
Facility description. |
Character String |
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CLOSURE |
The closure date of the installation due to a Base Realignment and Closure round |
Character String |
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REALIGN |
The realignment date of the installation due to a Base Realignment and Closure round |
Character String |
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BRAC |
The round of Base Realignment and Closure that affected the installation |
Character String |
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BRANCH |
Military organization category. |
Character String |
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STFIPS |
The state FIPS code for the state or U.S. territory in which the military installation is located. |
Character String |
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VERSION |
The VERSION is a 2-digit number that will be incremented for all records in the database whenever a new release is distributed. |
Character String |
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REVISION |
REVISION is a 2-digit number that will be incremented individually for each record whenever a change is made to one of its fields. |
Character String |
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